If you are living in a country with conscript army, and you don't want to serve there, then you have 3 options: 1. Get a PhD 2. Get fat / disabled 3. Get kids (if it works in your country) PhD seems the most reasonable.
@quique182 no, but they will force you to sign for longer serving, so if you got a PhD you will probably be serving like 8 years at least in the intelligence force
Actually for Singapore,male citizens/permanent residents have to go through 2 years of compulsory national service BEFORE EVEN starting university.(excluding medicine i think)
Wow. It's videos like these that make me realise how spoiled we are in Sweden with free education. You're talking about how choosing to take a Master's is this big financial decision in the US, whereas here we actually GET about 300 dollars/month for studying pretty much anything (for up to 6-ish years I think). If you live alone and that's not enough, that's where the loans start to come in (although you could just get a job on the side and avoid loans altogether). So far it seems like taking a Master's degree in engineering is the norm here, since you don't have to worry about money as much and the long term payout is much greater. You'd think more countries would adapt this model since it encourages people to get higher degrees and makes education less of a class question. Anyways, major kudos to all you hard working folks in the US for you perseverance and grit! EDIT: Major kudos to you as well for keeping these high quality videos coming! Absolutely loving this channel so far!
Max wow just wanna day how professional your comment was, but I think the main reasons we don’t have that modle is due to the US using so much money on military and well the fact the elite like to be rich and treat schooling like a business, but I know it won’t be like this forever, we’ll eventually change things, considering all the people experiencing the issue with this rn
Yep, I had exactly the same thoughts while watching this. Here in Estonia higher education is also free as long as you are able to keep up with the curriculum until the end of the semester. If you fail some subjects you'd have to pay for them. (Not getting into details) So yeah, I'm also considering a master's program since I have a diploma of applied sciences in automotive field, but to do some proper engineering work abroad, I feel I need a bit more....
The simple reason for not having free education is supply and demand. The US is much more populated, and we want to keep our middle class alive. As for the financial question, Sweden may have free education, but you are also giving more than half of what you make back to the government, not to mention the cost of living on top of that, when I will be only paying about 20% to the government and nothing else to my local government here in Texas. There is no one best system, simply which one you prefer, and personally, I prefer the US model.
There's no point in free education and getting people to do Master's degrees if you still aren't able to actually do something with it. Not trying to say that Sweden isn't "pushing the envelope of humankind and technology" etc etc, but it isn't at the same level as the United States.
@@xylo5750 I'm sorry I don't think that applies at all. The only difference between the US and Europe in terms of higher education is the student to faculty ratio. So yes you do have more help in getting your degree in the US but the content that you are beeing taught is the more or less the same. While the US focuses more on homework and assignments the European institution tend to focus on the final exams.
I wish I had a resource like this when I was entering college. I changed my major three times and that added three extra semesters to my college experience. Keep up the good work! You really are helping out a lot of future students for sure!
@@melodykuromibebbies2138 Don't be. Their economies are a lot worse overall. Long term investment if you played it well and go for free over here or pay it off you will have a much higher total net income on average.
@@jparsit the US has virtually no competition in this aspect. There are countries with very roughly comparable fees (CANZUK, Chile, etc), but that's still quite far from the US.
Not quite true, it depends on the country. Studying in America is criminally expensive, but not all of Europe is free. I know Finland is, but in The Netherlands it’s €2000 a year. Not that much, but not free
I entered my MBA program right after my bachelors, but I didn't START my bachelors until I was 28 years old. By then, I had 13 years of work experience under my belt. I graduate next year so hopefully all this work was worth it.
I am willing to believe that the reason Engineering Physics majors tend to go for a master's is because the kind of person that goes for that major couldn't decide between Physics and Engineering and those with a strong interest in Physics just naturally have the tendency to go for a higher level of education.
@@albertmendoza1468 Its also hard to do much with Physics, besides general engineering, without a PhD, sooo if you love and wanna do *Physics* your in for a WILD ride 😂😂
I went right into my MBA after undergrad and don’t regret it for a minute. You need to do it for the right reasons. I knew in my heart that once I was in the workforce making decent money I would never want to deal with the opportunity cost of leaving work. Now that my peers are starting to go back to get to the next level. I’m happy that I already did it and can keep progressing without hindrance
A lot of people I talked to took a year off between undergrad and grad school and felt it was good for them. I've met very few people who successfully went back to grad school after more than a year off, but tons who wanted to go back and never did. Unless you have extraordinary circumstances, if you want to get a grad degree I don't recommend waiting more than a year. Each year you wait, the chances of you actually doing it decrease.
It's almost a year for me and tbh the reason I stuck in this video in the first place is because I'm questioning myself whether I should pursue higher education or not despite that I really really want it to, since I'm already a worker but on a Entry-level job position. But your comment saves me. Thank you!
@@johannes7434 Within one year after I commented, I get a job as a staff university that is giving scholarships for their workers. It requires minimum two years working, but definitely I'll get there! Hopefully I'm one of the few people that can go back to school after more than a year off. Thank you for asking. :)
Science is team work. As a PhD student you will work closely together with a mentor, several colleagues, and a promotor. Make sure you like them, as you'll be seeing them a lot for a long time.
Like his other videos, this is super well-researched, well-organized, and he is sure to point out the limitations to the information. Zach you are a hero.
I went to work right after getting my Bachelor's in CS, both because i didn't like school that much and had already been told that a higher degree isn't necessary to "just get a job". I worked that position for 5 years before getting bored and, after switching jobs, went back to make my master's while working part time. This time it was much more fun, because compared to the more rigid bachelor schedule (at least where i studied) i could freely pick what i wanted to focus on, and also because i was more motivated. I'm done with my master's now and looking to get a good PhD position, before considering if i want to go back into the industry or stay in academia. Looking back, i often feel like those 5 years were a waste of time and they certainly cause me to be older than most others with comparable education, but i feel like getting at least some work in is still worth it, to get a feel of what you really want to do, before pursuing higher degrees. And i totally didn't just realize that this video is 4 years old..
Best thing is to acquire marketable skills like being able to apply statistics using Excel. Being able to use python & do data analysis & work as data scientist. Being able to use AutoCAD to design & FEA tools popular in the job market. Just learn the skills instead of focusing on degrees. Bachelors degree in any stem field plus focus on specific skills is the best route. Skills generally few prerequisites, Our focus should be specific skills we really like & start with prerequisites instead of wasting time on masters. This kind of approach is even valuable after high school or associate degree.
@Jimbo actually I am petry sure he did not have a degree, not a PhD at least, when he develop special relativity and general relativity, most people with PhD are worthless as scientists anyways,to get a PhD you only need perseverance not brains
Great video - I would also like to share my thoughts too. You can also consider doing a Masters in a slightly different but still technical (STEM) field to your bachelors, if you want to work in the cross over or inter-disciplinary space between fields. My Bachelors was in Chemical Process Engineering, and my Masters in Biotechnology. This allows me to specialise in the industrial cultivation of live organisms as I have an appreication of the macro (for large scale industrial process engineering) and micro (a strong understanding of the biology like genetic modification, strain development etc) side of things too. I am currently pursuring a phd in making bioplastic from microbes and doing scaling up work too. Other examples as you mentioned were biomed engineering with another engineering. This allows speciailisation into things like prosthetics (mech eng with biomed eng) or hearing aid devices / artificial eyes (elec eng with biomed eng for signal processing and sensors) or artificial organs (chemical eng with biomed eng like dialysis) or implants and drug delivery (material science with biomed eng). Other unique combos could be physics (nano technology) with say electrical engineering for some cool applications. Or computer science with chemistry to model crazy new chemical interactions / reactions. Think of your own unique combos and mix them up and you can find some cool opportunities. Or if they don't exist, create them with your knowledge and expertise in that niche area that you now have.
I’m earning my MBA rn right after my bachelors. It’s concentrated in business data analysis so I (hope) it was a good choice seeing I need analytical skills for my future job🤞
It will! I'm doing a Masters in statistics and data science, and chose the biometric track to go in the pharmaceutical industry. However now looking for internship, I'm flabbergasted by the crazy amount of internships and job opportunities data scientist students have in the economic field.
I actually graduated with a bachelors in applied math a year ago. Still havent had any luck with jobs and my resume aint the best either. Just gotta keep trying, its competitive out here. Anyway, i think your videos are very helpful. Wish i had this kind of information alot earlier, but still, this makes me more hopeful. I miss all this difficult math stuff lol never thought id say that
Bro, that is why I am just getting an Associate's and I saw on LinkedIn with somebody who was able to get a job at a company that I wanted to worked at and he graduated in 2017 with only an Associates degree and the company wants people who wants either an Associates *OR* a Bachelors. FYI the company I'm looking at is a district for K-12 public schools. This guy that I'm referring to is currently a District Technology Technician and I want to have that position. The more I looked at the list of people's profile from the company. Most of them are young people possibly in their early or mid 20's and they only have an Associates and graduated from a community college where I am currently a student at.
Did you do very many programming or statistics projects, and do you highlight them on your resume? I just graduated w/ a degree in applied math last week and I've been surprised at the number of interviews I've been getting for software dev and finance, considering I was told I wouldn't be able to get a job at all
@@supercoolmunkee facts I'm not sure if a bachelors is worth it for me and the only useful one I could think of is business out of all the majors but I'm not sure on that either.
Great video like always! You should do a video on professional certifications. For instance, my friend is in cybersecurity and got a PMP to further his capabilities in his management level career. Conversely, I got a SSG certification in the biomedical industry to increase my abilities in process efficiency improvements as a laboratory analyst. Both of them get you ahead in your career, whether it be the management and/or individual contributor tracks.
As a (almost) bachelor in physics, I can tell that I can do nothing but keep studying. You talked about programming/software developer/finance,.. but if I had to work on something like that I should learn everything, not really from the start, but quite.
I think that the comparison of average salaries between Bachelor’s and Master’s is really problematic. Mainly the fact that people with master’s degrees have a higher salary does not mean that they have a higher salary because they got a Master’s degree. The higher salary could be do to these people being higher talented in general (are smarter etc). It’s correlation more than causation.
It's also not necessarily an indication of increased employment prospects either - I have no problem believing that a masters could increase my yearly salary by a large amount but if you're struggling to get a job at all then you're only getting into more debt without any of the benefit.
People hire individuals with Master’s degree *because* that means they have more talents proven on paper. You know if a person has a MA or MS that they have exceptional writing, speaking, and research skills. Specifically because of the requirements for a MA. So yes, your employer will pay more for the degree just because that represents more. You’re being way too meta about this.
Btw guys there are exceptions to getting a masters in 2 years. I went up to Berkley and talked to a college counselor and said that it takes 1 year to obtain a masters.
Yes, but please consider the difficulty of such programs especially if its something like engineering. Also consider whether you would like to do a thesis/ project/ all- course option, as my advisor tells me these are viewed very differently by companies and they would also affect your time to graduate.
for engineering at my university at least, it’s 30 total credit hours past a bachelors for a masters degree. i’m going to be applying to the accelerated program next semester, and that makes it to where it only takes an additional year after your bachelors to get a masters
MAJORPREP dude! Between 6:03 and 7:04 you accurately detailed my life goals (Dream Job: R&D in Space Propulsion) and answered questions that I would have spend 2 days researching after watch this video. Legit, I was asking my self "How does this apply to me getting my dream job?" and you answered it right then. Thank you so much!!! You made my day! One question though; if that continues to be my dream job and I get my Mechanical Engineering Degree in 4 years, should I jump right into Grad and get an Aerospace Degree or should I go into the workforce?
Sidney Boakye Same here, almost completely off topic but When he said CS and applied mathematics were a good pair, It hit me, I made my mind about applied mathematics being the best fitting degree for me just to find out that I don't have access to it at the moment, So I looked elsewhere and fixated on either CS or CE. Now with this revelation I know what to do :')
haha wow both these comments were amazing to read! That's funny Sidney because I threw in just ONE example for that portion and just landed on the aerospace one, so what a coincidence. Then to answer your question that is really up to you. If you are taking out everything in loans and the master's degree will just pile up on that then I would recommend going into the workforce for a few years. Like I said in the video a master's pays off in the long run, but short term those loans suck. Otherwise I don't see any issue with going into a master's program besides the fact that you will be in school for another 2 years or so.
Sidney Boakye same here man, i have completed my mechanical degree and now want to go in aeropsace propulsion field, for that i have to do masters for which i am preparing for gate exam.
You are probably one of the best advisor here on youtube when it comes to school and education professor, thank you so much for every interested topics and subject you've provide, they are very through and help a ton, keep it up and thank you so much.
@@eat_your_cereal not exactly sure what that means but AWESOME!! USA is taking a weird socialist turn right now where a bunch of soft pansies and the media tell us lies. Of the few countries I have seen I would probably pick Latvia if I had to leave here But I’d rather stay and fight. 🇺🇸
@@chief5981 it means that i have to as many guns as I desire online further if I want a gun irl I just prove that I have common sense and go shoot stuff if I do desire. With the added bonus that I don’t have to worry about insane people running around with guns shooting at random much. So all positives
You don't have Chemical Engineering as one of the interests in your majorprep website, feels bad man as a ChemE student haha. Love your channel big time! Greetings from Venezuela :)
I’m doing a PhD in Public Health 25 years after my undergrad, and I highly recommend being a mature aged student. Also, my tuition is completely free of charge here in Australia (just $500/year in Admin fees).
As Biomed major, i never realized Master's was so necessary. Part of the reason for me and my peers never knew is that our college is located in a major health/research area in the US. But an MS really makes sense to get careers for other areas. As a side note to other potential BIomed majors, don't get too excited when you hear its rapidly growing potential and available jobs. Its still a relatively new field and most of the hyped up growth rates are inflated since it still so new. In fact, the bureau of labor stats website says that new biomed jobs are slowing down drastically so be aware that just going into it does not guarantee a nice job.
Yeah that's why i think the only worthy engineering degrees are the 5 general: Chemical, mechanical, electrical, civil and CS. The others are just a mix of these (Biomed, for what i've heard by a friend of mine here in my engineering uni, is a mix between mech, chem and electrical engineering) So i decided to get chemE+master in Petrol/process (gotta still decide :D) but i see many people getting a petrol or material engineering degree... bruhs you're just underqualified chemical engineers 😏
@Jonathan Reyna it's about using physics and maths principles to design things that solve a problem. for example, designing a new car engine that consumes less fuel but lasts longer.
This sounds surprisingly different than in, say, nordic countries. In Finland, for instance, you are automatically accepted to the corresponding master's program when you start you bachelor. So GPA means next to nothing unless you decide to apply somewhere special or change majors. And basically no one will ever finish their studies after bachelor, but everyone will continue to at least master's. If you don't choose a master's program immediately after graduating as a bachelor, they will be confused and ask why. The financing is also very different. For instance, those that graduate in a timely manner can get up to roughly ~3000-6000 € of their student loan paid for them.
Pretty weird to see you discuss this. I'm studying engineering (CS and EE) in Belgium and you won't find anyone here who doesn't go for a master's degree.
@@shubhamsagarsingh9451 It's not "maybe". In Europe higher education isn't overpriced as fu*k. Even in those countries where you don't get to study for free, it's more than affordable with loans. Take UK for example. For the last few years undergrad costs were capped at 9250 pounds/ year. (with 4 years to get Masters). So in the UK it literally cost the same to get bachelors with integrated masters as in the US just masters.
@@mairisberzins8677 it's crazy to hear the UK's prices mentioned as cheap. Their cost a year is what I pay for a full education bachelors + masters where I'm from (well it's a little bit more about €11 000)
When should you get work-related education, before or after work experience? Ideally both. That's why most professions require a full-time degree first, but a lot throw in practical experience during the degree, then many require further education along the way. It's a lot easier to study from 9 to 5 than in the evening after a full day's work. Exams also become more stressful if they have a built-in high failure rate and the result impacts your job progression. That's why a year out is attractive, but by then you may have family responsibilities, a mortgage, etc, so you can't go back to care-free student life. In some fields you have to do research for publication anyway, along with your paying job, whether or not it's for a further degree, so you still have to study while you work. The biomedical field is strange, because the best drug research and all the discoveries are made in the industry laboratories. University researchers have to scramble for funds from outside bodies every step of the way. Industry pays for everything, even blue skies research, but that may be limited to their stars. Some of the stars alternate between spells as a full-time professor and time in industry. A lot of what they do is commercially secret and thus not published for years, or ever. That's probably also true of military research, some of which is biomedical, but tilted towards killing rather than curing. The charities which fund a lot of biomedical research go in for micro-management of the process, but at least they give a lot of newcomers a chance for a short time. Meanwhile the big discoveries are made in secret in the drug company labs, but only for fields where there is a chance of big profits.
As a researcher - you do get to work on "designing the new thing". The problem you quickly find is that "YOUR new thing" is unlikely to be useful because in research no one knows WHICH new technology is going to work / be successful / become relevant. For some researchers, this aspect is rather depressing as you will likely spend your whole career working on something with limited usefulness.
Well first of all: Thank you for this video! It's really informing and on point. Nice :) Keep that quality work up. Second: I'm glad college is almost free in Germany. It's like maybe 200-400 Euros per semester. So getting a further degree isn't that bad financially... Plus you can't get into med school or something with another bachelor you just start med school from the very beginning of the academic career but anyways... Nice video^^
well im not a native speaker but your videos are great and your pronunciation is easy to understand and follow im happy that a master or bachelor is not as expensive as it is in the us - you pay around 300-900 € per month
My school offers a double degree for Computer Engineering with Bachelor’s and Master’s of Science. It would only take 4 years to finish it because we are on a quarter term. Is it worth it? I’m only a freshman and having a hard time to decide.
In England some universities have a new option of a "straight-through" masters in 4 rather than the BSc's 3 years: MPhys, MChem, MMath, etc. In a competitive job market will those degrees be worth more?
@@LightPink I guess it was all false advertisement. Already signed up for it 2 years ago. Now, I’m about to graduate in less than a year. We haven’t heard anything from the school admin regarding the double degree.
I will always say that, getting a higher degree always pays off IF you take care to get it in the right field. Getting one in English for example, or Art...no. Computer Science with a focus in Software Engineering, not really...but one in Data Science or Cyber Security...you can easily make into the $200k range, and not in Silicon Valley ether. Not to mention, you can teach which is really nice when you go into your retirement years to have that extra income. You also need to take into account that many companies will pay or at least reimburse for more education, and many programs are part time and no longer cost $40k (some don't...good ones can still be more). Also, PHD programs are just extension of Master's programs, so they don't cost that much extra. But as I said...use caution, there are a lot of degree dead ends out there, more than ever now. And yes, there is an argument for certs, and that is a nice quick way to make more, but certs can be just as expensive as some Master's courses and they expire on a regular basis and can turn into a pain to maintain, and sometimes some certs can get devalued over time. Bootcamps for Security+ and CiSSP can easily be in $10k initially then $2,000 every year after that. Your degree never goes away, they can't take it from you (normally), it doesn't expire, but again...be careful what you get it in.
Also consider: Subject-matter certifications: National Instruments, Oracle, Microsoft, etc. Professional License: Professional Engineer, etc. Single courses: on a work-related topic. Companies often pay for part, if not all tuition. Company-sponsored Courses.
As a final year student in EE field am about to change my mind of taking master's after this. When i came to college i was expecting me to have a master and a PHD right after bachelors, but am really changing my mind because here in middle east the education is SO expensive and there are no opportunities over here in case of academic or working in the real world
Getting a phD is risky if your main goal is money. If your goal is a job a bachelor is more than enough or maybe get an MBA or other professional masters like MPH. But phD would be for you if like to challenge yourself and you don't kind to be broke for another 6 years
+MajorPrep, is it true that going from Physics to Engineering is a lot harder than going from Engineering to Physics? I am debating which route I should do, and I find Physics more interesting. Thanks!
I would think that physics to engineering is the better route because physics is a foundation for engineering just like math is a foundation for physics.
For those of you in computer science you need a combination of experience, certifications, and education (Bachelor's degree) to set you above your peers. If you just want to get your foot in the door go for certifications as it is the fastest route. If you want to move up and/or get paid more get a Bachelor's degree. You do not need a Master's degree unless you are a gluten for punishment like I am. You will make a little bit more money overall but you will have to decide whether or not it is worth it to you. The best thing you can invest in is yourself.
Your videos are always enlightening. In my country, the best universities are the public ones, so hopefully money won't be an issue. That being said, I'd like some insight, if I may. I really want to work with Artificial Intelligence in the future, as well as autonomous (I hope that's how it's spelled) cars. I believe that the best way to achieve so is to get into Electrical Engineering, but I don't know which area should be my main focus for succeding on this dream of mine. If there's any details or info you could give me, I would be most grateful to hear about. I love that your videos are an easy source for knowledge on carrers, and I know that your channel will be huge. Your content is one of the few things on RUclips that are really relevant and deserve as much recognition as possible. Thanks for your channel!
Thank you so much for the comment! First let me ask you what aspect of autonomous cars do you want to work on? So many engineers work to design those cars. Do you want to do the programming, work with the sensors/gps/communications, design the frame of the vehicle (although I'm guessing this isn't what you had in mind), etc?
Look for electives that cover those interests you have. Electives like artificial intelligence, maybe microcontroller classes cause you work with sensors, and maybe some electronics classes as well. At least for me I didn't have to 'declare' a concentration, I just took electives that interested me so you can spread. But most importantly is get an idea for what companies you might want to work for and start applying to internships at those or related one's. If you can get experience in the field or a related one it will help you a lot. Also seek out clubs at your school that work on artificial intelligence projects. Even if it's not exactly what you're expecting, getting some type of hands on experience will really help.
Good thing in Finland you can get a master's degree for free. Also it's a lot harder to get any job with just (university) bachelor's degree. Don't know anyone who doesn't go for master's.
My field is electrical engineering (with focus on power and energy) and you should get a master´s if you want to work on smart grids, grid design and analysis, or integration of renewable energies to a grid. You need knowledge in topis like voltage stability, system stability, space-state modelling and analysis, and robust fundamentals in power electronics, topics not usually taught at an undergrad level.
Yeah for many schools, they offer an assistant-ship for a masters program but it is A LOT more difficult to get than it is for a PhD student to receive the stipend for his education. Nonetheless I would definitely consider it anyways.
Im doing my masters in chemical engneering, got a bursary from my deparment. they paid via student acount and my university took it all. im hungry now thinking of droping out.
My MS program had a tuition waiver and a stipend on top of it (PhD gave higher rate after passing qualifier) It wasnt much, but gave rent money and allowed me to buy groceries
I'm an undergrad in mechanical engineering right now, and I'm interested in getting an MBA for the increased salary and help pay off my student loans. But is this a good idea? I want to pursue a career that's related to mechanical engineering, but I also want the financial boost of an MBA. So will I have to give up mechanical engineering for the salary increase?
Yeah if you get an MBA it's cause you want to get away from the engineering side of things and move towards business or management. But as an engineer you will be making a lot of money to pay off those loans. Really think about whether you actually want to go into something business related. An MBA does not mean you always get a salary increase no matter what job/field you go into.
You can look for scholarships or studentships to get the degree for free, and if you're lucky a maintenance grant too! Wait...this comment is two years old, what did you end up doing my friend?
Of course I have to have a PhD. How else am I supposed to live with me and my ego? Job, money, career, usefulness, ... all of that has to take a back seat here.
These are some pretty good tips. For some people, if you know you need an advanced degree for your entry level career specialization, it's probably better to go straight into your grad program after bachelors. I've noticed for some colleagues that go straight to working 3-5 years are content with a lower-paying career and find it difficult to transition back into higher education due to lifestyle sacrifices required to complete the program.
agreed 100%. try to march onwards if you have the academic talent. many simply can't do it anymore because of financial reasons (mostly involving starting to have children, that's pretty much the end for you). probably find yourself having to keep 2 jobs just to keep your head above the water by then, so there's no time or money to take a pause for further education.
can you switch and choose a different subject for masters in engineering? For example can a aerospace grad go for masters in comp science or maybe mechatronics or something? Does anyone know?
You can but you have to make sure all your class courses you have taken are transferable to your new major. If not, you woukd have to to do course work to make it count on your new major.
For chemists the average masters makes around the same as the average bachelors in many areas in many areas of the US (they make less in my area). It’s possible that this bias is created by PHD dropouts leaving with masters degrees. So for chemists, it’s probably better to masters in chemical or materials engineering. If you have a specialty, it may be better to do a PHD. Even then, a chemical engineer makes more than a PHD level chemist.
I'd like to add that for physics you get a Ph.D. Not a masters. People with physics masters either failed out of their Ph.D. Program and the masters was a consolation prize, or are trying to be high school teachers.
RMSVideos Exactly. When he mentioned that with masters in physics, you will be able to get jobs in academia, I was like wut? You definitely need at least a PhD to have any chance of doing research in physics. Sometimes, even just a PhD is not enough and you have to have post doc degrees. Pure science is a long tedious process when it comes to getting degrees because most of the people in the field are not here for jobs as their primary reason. Most of the people in the field are learners and would be the first ones to tell you that they are still learning even when they have a PhD.
Issac Sakata yeah you don't do physics because you like research you do research because you like physics. The thing with phd students is that they would be there even if it weren't for the job, it's because they love it. Anyone who hates class will not get far in physics
In my country you will hardly get in to a Ph.D programme without a Masters degree of 1-2 years. Usually 2 years since that's the length of our master degree programmes in STEM fields.
Depend from where you are talking about. In Canada for example, it is rare that you can go from the bachelor to the PHD right after. The master is usually required for the PHD.
I got my bachelor's in materials science and engineering, started to train as a quality engineer and planning to get a CQE certification instead of doing a master's. 👍
With more and more companies offering tuition reimbursement, I would definitely encourage undergrad students to consider getting some experience and prioritizing getting hired by a company w/a reimbursement program. Many will pay up to $5,200 a year, without may stipulations on how long you must work for the company afterward.
I don't wanna show off but why am I watching this?I know I am still in school but I come from Albania so there's absolutely 0% I am not getting further education...(That goes for every child in the family)
@Androva J. There are people who have paid their entire student debt back within one year of graduating. The interest rate is fairly low, and it will make you a lot more money in the long run
When looking at jobs and schools, how important in a GPA? EX) I’m in school for Chem. Getting my associates in it, then bachelors, etc. I pass with C+ and B’s. Sometimes A’s. I worry about people not hiring me because of that.
Thoughts on pursuing a Masters in Computer Science if I did a BS in Mechanical Engineering? I did a Coding Bootcamp and work more closely in the IT field now.
I got my Masters and Bachelors in Biomedical Engineering. It definitely gave me a leg up against the competition and in a job I really enjoy. Starting salaries for people with a masters in BMED can range from $85 - $100K
I did a bachelor's in computer science but I realized I'm also interested in mechanical engineering do u think that will be hard because it's somewhat diff getting a 2nd bach is expensive and a master's require certain prerequisites
You forgot to factor in the lost of two years of investment opportunity. In addition, after a graduate degree, you might not be in a financial situation where you can invest right after.
Get in the loop with a relevant Professional Society, as well. Networking and other resources may be more important the getting more letters after your name. It will also give you a good sense of the State of the Profession.
I am having master in management currently and are planning to take phd in business right after my master. Reason? - here, we were paid for studying. Although its small (in comparison with job salary) but its enough to get by my daily life. - More time to work on my other project (which can make me a billionaire, u can laugh at me lol). If i work, it will be like 9-12 hours a day with only 2 days per week of off time. In university here, its just 3-4 hours daily with 3 days of off time per week. We also have a total of 4 months of holiday (which are also paid for montly). So yeah....
well the reason why he's mostly making content for STEM majors is because he's an engineering major and an engineer. he can't really speak on behalf of liberal arts students because he has never been in their shoes and therefore doesn't really know what the best decisions to make are in regards to liberal arts majors.
In my country, all job postings for even entry-level positions that will literally earn you a minimum wage require a Master's degree. What do people do? They jus BUY the damn degree. A degree here is a commodity like any other. For $2000, you would get a master degree in any field you want. It's f***ed up, really!
What do you recommend are ways one can better prepare for the course load of Material Engineer? Any clubs or memberships to join/consider? Certain books? Thank you! Great video! Love your content.
For the arts and humanities I wouldn't recommend going onto postgraduate study in an arts or humanities degree as it adds nothing to your income potential. Only go onto to do a postgraduate degree if it is directly relevant to your career, like an archiving degree, or librarianship, or being an academic. Be very aware though that it is next to impossible to become an academic in the arts and humanities as to get an entry level post-doctoral position you need to demonstrate capacity to attract external funding, scholarships from the university do not count. Studentships for PhDs are very very few in number and incredibly competitive. There were only 13 studentships across four universities in the Midlands with the AHRC last year, that was 400 students competing for 13 studentships. There are even fewer Post-doctoral fellowships available for the arts and humanities, and even fewer advertised positions. Most postgraduates do not go into academia following their degree. They then need to catch up with other graduates who have already entered the job market. A PhD is a significant investment in time and effort which does not increase your employability, make the decision whether this time should be spent investing in a career. If you do an arts and humanities degree make sure to get significant work experience alongside study.
one of the best video on such a rarely discussed topic. thankyou very much. one request: please make a video considering the software engineering as a profession. its very different than other forms of engineering since a person with bachelor's can also simply stop studying further and still reach major heights after few years of experience. so is it worth for software engineers?
Hi, MajorPrep! It is really insightful! But I have some personal doubts. What about having an ambition to endeavour into research after I graduated from Chemical Engineering undergraduate with a 2:2 qualification? To be honest, from my study experience in Chemical engineering Bach deg, I realized my irony of not liking at all some core components of the curriculum even also when being practically employed, especially unit operation of processing equipment, chemical process control, process and plant design, as well as process safety and management. Generally, I have been really disinterested only when dealing with topics of heavy relevance to both mechanical and electrical engineering. This had been actually leading to my thought before that I had picked the wrong major as how essentially 'Chemical Engineering' deals with 'Engineering', though in a conclusion I still find myself having solid aptitude towards some subjects and the electives I chose, such as Industrial Biotechnology. In terms of application of research area, I find that I am more drawn to biomedical and pharmaceutical sides as introduced in another video of yours as regards Nanotechnology.
I wish I could finalize an informed decision on which area of research to choose before really getting into a Masters by Research Programme in the university. I am quite eager and meanwhile desperate to sort my way out by needing to know as thoroughly as possible about what specific areas of research and applicability in some specific industries are, where I could extend my knowledge that I prefer or like more.
You deserve a ton of subscribers.
Thank you!
May disagree with you before watching this video, and totally agree with you after watching
Man he doesn't deserve a ton man. Like, if an average guy weights 70 kg, so it would be like 14 people. He deserves more
@@BrazilianImperialist You've made this kind of calculations far too many times in your lifetime. How many tons of people in the Gulag?
@@zachstar you should include jd, dds, md, and do on here.
If you are living in a country with conscript army, and you don't want to serve there, then you have 3 options:
1. Get a PhD
2. Get fat / disabled
3. Get kids (if it works in your country)
PhD seems the most reasonable.
Or get all 3
@ modern problems require modern solutions
In Israel options 1 or 2 don't work. In fact, if you get a PhD the army just wants you more, since you can do weapons research and similar.
@quique182 no, but they will force you to sign for longer serving, so if you got a PhD you will probably be serving like 8 years at least in the intelligence force
Actually for Singapore,male citizens/permanent residents have to go through 2 years of compulsory national service BEFORE EVEN starting university.(excluding medicine i think)
Wow. It's videos like these that make me realise how spoiled we are in Sweden with free education. You're talking about how choosing to take a Master's is this big financial decision in the US, whereas here we actually GET about 300 dollars/month for studying pretty much anything (for up to 6-ish years I think). If you live alone and that's not enough, that's where the loans start to come in (although you could just get a job on the side and avoid loans altogether).
So far it seems like taking a Master's degree in engineering is the norm here, since you don't have to worry about money as much and the long term payout is much greater. You'd think more countries would adapt this model since it encourages people to get higher degrees and makes education less of a class question. Anyways, major kudos to all you hard working folks in the US for you perseverance and grit!
EDIT: Major kudos to you as well for keeping these high quality videos coming! Absolutely loving this channel so far!
Max wow just wanna day how professional your comment was, but I think the main reasons we don’t have that modle is due to the US using so much money on military and well the fact the elite like to be rich and treat schooling like a business, but I know it won’t be like this forever, we’ll eventually change things, considering all the people experiencing the issue with this rn
Yep, I had exactly the same thoughts while watching this. Here in Estonia higher education is also free as long as you are able to keep up with the curriculum until the end of the semester. If you fail some subjects you'd have to pay for them. (Not getting into details) So yeah, I'm also considering a master's program since I have a diploma of applied sciences in automotive field, but to do some proper engineering work abroad, I feel I need a bit more....
The simple reason for not having free education is supply and demand. The US is much more populated, and we want to keep our middle class alive. As for the financial question, Sweden may have free education, but you are also giving more than half of what you make back to the government, not to mention the cost of living on top of that, when I will be only paying about 20% to the government and nothing else to my local government here in Texas. There is no one best system, simply which one you prefer, and personally, I prefer the US model.
There's no point in free education and getting people to do Master's degrees if you still aren't able to actually do something with it. Not trying to say that Sweden isn't "pushing the envelope of humankind and technology" etc etc, but it isn't at the same level as the United States.
@@xylo5750 I'm sorry I don't think that applies at all. The only difference between the US and Europe in terms of higher education is the student to faculty ratio. So yes you do have more help in getting your degree in the US but the content that you are beeing taught is the more or less the same. While the US focuses more on homework and assignments the European institution tend to focus on the final exams.
I wish I had a resource like this when I was entering college. I changed my major three times and that added three extra semesters to my college experience.
Keep up the good work! You really are helping out a lot of future students for sure!
Thank you!
Do you mind telling us more about your experience ?
It's the struggles of honest hardworking people like you that made things easier for us...... Salute
"A master's that's worth tens of thousands dollars" *laughs in European no-tuition policies*
im jealous.
@@melodykuromibebbies2138 Don't be. Their economies are a lot worse overall. Long term investment if you played it well and go for free over here or pay it off you will have a much higher total net income on average.
@@user-wy7wl5on7l norway have a fantastic economy
Only in a few Scan nations, the UK and many others EU nations charge no less than the US fees.
@@jparsit the US has virtually no competition in this aspect. There are countries with very roughly comparable fees (CANZUK, Chile, etc), but that's still quite far from the US.
In EU you need a Master to earn more, for every Engineering fields.
Even in education!
Licentiate is pretty useless and you can't earn money from that, it only allows you to study further
well, education is also free there so its a lot easier...
Not quite true, it depends on the country. Studying in America is criminally expensive, but not all of Europe is free. I know Finland is, but in The Netherlands it’s €2000 a year. Not that much, but not free
Mau It’s the exact same in the U.S.
I entered my MBA program right after my bachelors, but I didn't START my bachelors until I was 28 years old. By then, I had 13 years of work experience under my belt. I graduate next year so hopefully all this work was worth it.
How did graduation go?
how're you doing now man? did everything go well?
@@haqqial Within three months of graduation I had a job, so yeah, not too bad.
@@ktmansfield1016 nice, that's what I'm talking about!
Nice job man! You should be really proud of how far you’ve gotten!
I am willing to believe that the reason Engineering Physics majors tend to go for a master's is because the kind of person that goes for that major couldn't decide between Physics and Engineering and those with a strong interest in Physics just naturally have the tendency to go for a higher level of education.
The latter is true. It's really a natural tendency for physics lovers!
@@albertmendoza1468 Its also hard to do much with Physics, besides general engineering, without a PhD, sooo if you love and wanna do *Physics* your in for a WILD ride 😂😂
tottaly agree
That's me
its not because of jobless or little job market?
I went right into my MBA after undergrad and don’t regret it for a minute. You need to do it for the right reasons. I knew in my heart that once I was in the workforce making decent money I would never want to deal with the opportunity cost of leaving work. Now that my peers are starting to go back to get to the next level. I’m happy that I already did it and can keep progressing without hindrance
are youbhiring? i need job
@@platinumpineapple9943 I’m still too low on the totem pole to make any decisions my friend. Good luck to you
snowboard424 oh ok well if u have any leads or any companies hirinth ket me know dude
What was your graduate gpa before applying for masters?
@@rockedwow7217 undergrad gpa was 3.21 and graduate gpa was 3.45
The answer to questions like these always is - "It Depends!"
If you know what you want to do with your life, the answer will present itself.
answer is NO fuck the college scam
@@alexcipriani6003 the answer to answers like this is - "It Depends!"
A lot of people I talked to took a year off between undergrad and grad school and felt it was good for them. I've met very few people who successfully went back to grad school after more than a year off, but tons who wanted to go back and never did. Unless you have extraordinary circumstances, if you want to get a grad degree I don't recommend waiting more than a year. Each year you wait, the chances of you actually doing it decrease.
It's almost a year for me and tbh the reason I stuck in this video in the first place is because I'm questioning myself whether I should pursue higher education or not despite that I really really want it to, since I'm already a worker but on a Entry-level job position. But your comment saves me. Thank you!
@@kupamanduka did you end up going back?
@@johannes7434 Within one year after I commented, I get a job as a staff university that is giving scholarships for their workers. It requires minimum two years working, but definitely I'll get there! Hopefully I'm one of the few people that can go back to school after more than a year off. Thank you for asking. :)
@@kupamanduka Good luck!
Science is team work. As a PhD student you will work closely together with a mentor, several colleagues, and a promotor. Make sure you like them, as you'll be seeing them a lot for a long time.
Like his other videos, this is super well-researched, well-organized, and he is sure to point out the limitations to the information. Zach you are a hero.
I went to work right after getting my Bachelor's in CS, both because i didn't like school that much and had already been told that a higher degree isn't necessary to "just get a job". I worked that position for 5 years before getting bored and, after switching jobs, went back to make my master's while working part time. This time it was much more fun, because compared to the more rigid bachelor schedule (at least where i studied) i could freely pick what i wanted to focus on, and also because i was more motivated. I'm done with my master's now and looking to get a good PhD position, before considering if i want to go back into the industry or stay in academia.
Looking back, i often feel like those 5 years were a waste of time and they certainly cause me to be older than most others with comparable education, but i feel like getting at least some work in is still worth it, to get a feel of what you really want to do, before pursuing higher degrees.
And i totally didn't just realize that this video is 4 years old..
Did you go back and get ur PhD?
Best thing is to acquire marketable skills like being able to apply statistics using Excel. Being able to use python & do data analysis & work as data scientist. Being able to use AutoCAD to design & FEA tools popular in the job market. Just learn the skills instead of focusing on degrees. Bachelors degree in any stem field plus focus on specific skills is the best route. Skills generally few prerequisites, Our focus should be specific skills we really like & start with prerequisites instead of wasting time on masters. This kind of approach is even valuable after high school or associate degree.
Exactly
Someone making sense
@Jimbo actually I am petry sure he did not have a degree, not a PhD at least, when he develop special relativity and general relativity, most people with PhD are worthless as scientists anyways,to get a PhD you only need perseverance not brains
@Joe Duke I said he did not have one when he develop his theories, anyways who cares right?
Great video - I would also like to share my thoughts too.
You can also consider doing a Masters in a slightly different but still technical (STEM) field to your bachelors, if you want to work in the cross over or inter-disciplinary space between fields. My Bachelors was in Chemical Process Engineering, and my Masters in Biotechnology. This allows me to specialise in the industrial cultivation of live organisms as I have an appreication of the macro (for large scale industrial process engineering) and micro (a strong understanding of the biology like genetic modification, strain development etc) side of things too. I am currently pursuring a phd in making bioplastic from microbes and doing scaling up work too.
Other examples as you mentioned were biomed engineering with another engineering. This allows speciailisation into things like prosthetics (mech eng with biomed eng) or hearing aid devices / artificial eyes (elec eng with biomed eng for signal processing and sensors) or artificial organs (chemical eng with biomed eng like dialysis) or implants and drug delivery (material science with biomed eng).
Other unique combos could be physics (nano technology) with say electrical engineering for some cool applications. Or computer science with chemistry to model crazy new chemical interactions / reactions.
Think of your own unique combos and mix them up and you can find some cool opportunities. Or if they don't exist, create them with your knowledge and expertise in that niche area that you now have.
@Paul Israelyan what would be the application of med school & engineering?
I’m earning my MBA rn right after my bachelors. It’s concentrated in business data analysis so I (hope) it was a good choice seeing I need analytical skills for my future job🤞
It will! I'm doing a Masters in statistics and data science, and chose the biometric track to go in the pharmaceutical industry.
However now looking for internship, I'm flabbergasted by the crazy amount of internships and job opportunities data scientist students have in the economic field.
I'm planning on same MBA and concentration to get my foot in the tech field without too much technical work to start.
I actually graduated with a bachelors in applied math a year ago. Still havent had any luck with jobs and my resume aint the best either. Just gotta keep trying, its competitive out here. Anyway, i think your videos are very helpful. Wish i had this kind of information alot earlier, but still, this makes me more hopeful. I miss all this difficult math stuff lol never thought id say that
Bro, that is why I am just getting an Associate's and I saw on LinkedIn with somebody who was able to get a job at a company that I wanted to worked at and he graduated in 2017 with only an Associates degree and the company wants people who wants either an Associates *OR* a Bachelors. FYI the company I'm looking at is a district for K-12 public schools. This guy that I'm referring to is currently a District Technology Technician and I want to have that position. The more I looked at the list of people's profile from the company. Most of them are young people possibly in their early or mid 20's and they only have an Associates and graduated from a community college where I am currently a student at.
Did you do very many programming or statistics projects, and do you highlight them on your resume? I just graduated w/ a degree in applied math last week and I've been surprised at the number of interviews I've been getting for software dev and finance, considering I was told I wouldn't be able to get a job at all
@@BatterflyHigh What kind of projects did you put on your resume? I was in the same boat as Jerry and just went back to get a master's in Comp Sci
@@supercoolmunkee facts I'm not sure if a bachelors is worth it for me and the only useful one I could think of is business out of all the majors but I'm not sure on that either.
Where did you go to college
You won’t get a job in academia with only a master’s degree in physics
Many community or junior college professors don't have a Ph.D. They're still paid quite well (at least in california)
Both my physics and calculus professor only had masters degrees and they were the best teachers I’ve had
@@reedapeeta Academia is more like grad school mentorship/research
George Brantley oh I see, I’m not trying to do all that. I’ll take my masters 😂
U can in many industry field tho
I have a Master's degree in petroleum engineering. I graduated in 2013. This video is 10/10.
was the master's needed?
are you hiring? i need a job i work in oil no problem where do i email?
Great video like always!
You should do a video on professional certifications. For instance, my friend is in cybersecurity and got a PMP to further his capabilities in his management level career. Conversely, I got a SSG certification in the biomedical industry to increase my abilities in process efficiency improvements as a laboratory analyst.
Both of them get you ahead in your career, whether it be the management and/or individual contributor tracks.
As a (almost) bachelor in physics, I can tell that I can do nothing but keep studying. You talked about programming/software developer/finance,.. but if I had to work on something like that I should learn everything, not really from the start, but quite.
I think that the comparison of average salaries between Bachelor’s and Master’s is really problematic. Mainly the fact that people with master’s degrees have a higher salary does not mean that they have a higher salary because they got a Master’s degree. The higher salary could be do to these people being higher talented in general (are smarter etc). It’s correlation more than causation.
It's also not necessarily an indication of increased employment prospects either - I have no problem believing that a masters could increase my yearly salary by a large amount but if you're struggling to get a job at all then you're only getting into more debt without any of the benefit.
People hire individuals with Master’s degree *because* that means they have more talents proven on paper. You know if a person has a MA or MS that they have exceptional writing, speaking, and research skills. Specifically because of the requirements for a MA. So yes, your employer will pay more for the degree just because that represents more. You’re being way too meta about this.
Btw guys there are exceptions to getting a masters in 2 years. I went up to Berkley and talked to a college counselor and said that it takes 1 year to obtain a masters.
y it depends on the course. some are alos 1,5 years
Exactly, my master's was 1 year and funded!
@ in the US?👀
Yes, but please consider the difficulty of such programs especially if its something like engineering. Also consider whether you would like to do a thesis/ project/ all- course option, as my advisor tells me these are viewed very differently by companies and they would also affect your time to graduate.
for engineering at my university at least, it’s 30 total credit hours past a bachelors for a masters degree. i’m going to be applying to the accelerated program next semester, and that makes it to where it only takes an additional year after your bachelors to get a masters
MAJORPREP dude! Between 6:03 and 7:04 you accurately detailed my life goals (Dream Job: R&D in Space Propulsion) and answered questions that I would have spend 2 days researching after watch this video. Legit, I was asking my self "How does this apply to me getting my dream job?" and you answered it right then. Thank you so much!!! You made my day!
One question though; if that continues to be my dream job and I get my Mechanical Engineering Degree in 4 years, should I jump right into Grad and get an Aerospace Degree or should I go into the workforce?
Sidney Boakye
Same here, almost completely off topic but When he said CS and applied mathematics were a good pair, It hit me, I made my mind about applied mathematics being the best fitting degree for me just to find out that I don't have access to it at the moment, So I looked elsewhere and fixated on either CS or CE. Now with this revelation I know what to do :')
haha wow both these comments were amazing to read! That's funny Sidney because I threw in just ONE example for that portion and just landed on the aerospace one, so what a coincidence.
Then to answer your question that is really up to you. If you are taking out everything in loans and the master's degree will just pile up on that then I would recommend going into the workforce for a few years. Like I said in the video a master's pays off in the long run, but short term those loans suck. Otherwise I don't see any issue with going into a master's program besides the fact that you will be in school for another 2 years or so.
Sidney Boakye same here man, i have completed my mechanical degree and now want to go in aeropsace propulsion field, for that i have to do masters for which i am preparing for gate exam.
Abhishek Pandey Gate exam? Do you live in India currently or the US?
Sidney Boakye i am from india. i will also give gre exam and see if i can get any colleges in usa. i will also try for isro.
You are probably one of the best advisor here on youtube when it comes to school and education professor, thank you so much for every interested topics and subject you've provide, they are very through and help a ton, keep it up and thank you so much.
Me in a country were i dont pay for my education
👁👄👁
But do you own several AR-15s and a variety of pistols? And have access to all the ammo your heart desires?
@@chief5981 yes and it's waay cheaper so i'm am probably closer to that ideal than you think you are.
@@eat_your_cereal not exactly sure what that means but AWESOME!! USA is taking a weird socialist turn right now where a bunch of soft pansies and the media tell us lies. Of the few countries I have seen I would probably pick Latvia if I had to leave here But I’d rather stay and fight. 🇺🇸
@@chief5981 it means that i have to as many guns as I desire online further if I want a gun irl I just prove that I have common sense and go shoot stuff if I do desire. With the added bonus that I don’t have to worry about insane people running around with guns shooting at random much. So all positives
Best useful channel for STEM in the RUclips
You don't have Chemical Engineering as one of the interests in your majorprep website, feels bad man as a ChemE student haha. Love your channel big time! Greetings from Venezuela :)
haha that's actually based on the majors we have on our website right now, but yeah need to work on updating all that. Thanks for the comment!
Thank you very much for this valuable information- professionally structured and summarized. Very useful.
I’m doing a PhD in Public Health 25 years after my undergrad, and I highly recommend being a mature aged student. Also, my tuition is completely free of charge here in Australia (just $500/year in Admin fees).
As Biomed major, i never realized Master's was so necessary. Part of the reason for me and my peers never knew is that our college is located in a major health/research area in the US. But an MS really makes sense to get careers for other areas.
As a side note to other potential BIomed majors, don't get too excited when you hear its rapidly growing potential and available jobs. Its still a relatively new field and most of the hyped up growth rates are inflated since it still so new. In fact, the bureau of labor stats website says that new biomed jobs are slowing down drastically so be aware that just going into it does not guarantee a nice job.
Don’t study anything with “bio” in it. Trust me
Yeah that's why i think the only worthy engineering degrees are the 5 general: Chemical, mechanical, electrical, civil and CS.
The others are just a mix of these (Biomed, for what i've heard by a friend of mine here in my engineering uni, is a mix between mech, chem and electrical engineering)
So i decided to get chemE+master in Petrol/process (gotta still decide :D) but i see many people getting a petrol or material engineering degree... bruhs you're just underqualified chemical engineers
😏
When i was younger right out of high school, i thought engineering was making brand new stuff, (phd) i was afraid to do it.
@Jonathan Reyna it's about using physics and maths principles to design things that solve a problem. for example, designing a new car engine that consumes less fuel but lasts longer.
@@tyresetackie4553 perfect example
This sounds surprisingly different than in, say, nordic countries.
In Finland, for instance, you are automatically accepted to the corresponding master's program when you start you bachelor. So GPA means next to nothing unless you decide to apply somewhere special or change majors. And basically no one will ever finish their studies after bachelor, but everyone will continue to at least master's. If you don't choose a master's program immediately after graduating as a bachelor, they will be confused and ask why.
The financing is also very different. For instance, those that graduate in a timely manner can get up to roughly ~3000-6000 € of their student loan paid for them.
Pretty weird to see you discuss this. I'm studying engineering (CS and EE) in Belgium and you won't find anyone here who doesn't go for a master's degree.
Maybe you have affordable education
@@shubhamsagarsingh9451 It's not "maybe".
In Europe higher education isn't overpriced as fu*k.
Even in those countries where you don't get to study for free, it's more than affordable with loans.
Take UK for example. For the last few years undergrad costs were capped at 9250 pounds/ year. (with 4 years to get Masters).
So in the UK it literally cost the same to get bachelors with integrated masters as in the US just masters.
It’s useless and I’m trying to do something with my life
Mairis Bērziņš You guys pay more taxes. That’s simply it. It’s a trade off.
@@mairisberzins8677 it's crazy to hear the UK's prices mentioned as cheap. Their cost a year is what I pay for a full education bachelors + masters where I'm from (well it's a little bit more about €11 000)
The prevalence of on-line programs make continuing education vastly more practical while working full-time.
Your thumbnail makes it look like an MBA is above a PhD 😂
When should you get work-related education, before or after work experience? Ideally both. That's why most professions require a full-time degree first, but a lot throw in practical experience during the degree, then many require further education along the way.
It's a lot easier to study from 9 to 5 than in the evening after a full day's work. Exams also become more stressful if they have a built-in high failure rate and the result impacts your job progression. That's why a year out is attractive, but by then you may have family responsibilities, a mortgage, etc, so you can't go back to care-free student life.
In some fields you have to do research for publication anyway, along with your paying job, whether or not it's for a further degree, so you still have to study while you work.
The biomedical field is strange, because the best drug research and all the discoveries are made in the industry laboratories. University researchers have to scramble for funds from outside bodies every step of the way. Industry pays for everything, even blue skies research, but that may be limited to their stars. Some of the stars alternate between spells as a full-time professor and time in industry. A lot of what they do is commercially secret and thus not published for years, or ever. That's probably also true of military research, some of which is biomedical, but tilted towards killing rather than curing.
The charities which fund a lot of biomedical research go in for micro-management of the process, but at least they give a lot of newcomers a chance for a short time. Meanwhile the big discoveries are made in secret in the drug company labs, but only for fields where there is a chance of big profits.
As a researcher - you do get to work on "designing the new thing". The problem you quickly find is that "YOUR new thing" is unlikely to be useful because in research no one knows WHICH new technology is going to work / be successful / become relevant. For some researchers, this aspect is rather depressing as you will likely spend your whole career working on something with limited usefulness.
Well first of all: Thank you for this video! It's really informing and on point. Nice :) Keep that quality work up. Second: I'm glad college is almost free in Germany. It's like maybe 200-400 Euros per semester. So getting a further degree isn't that bad financially... Plus you can't get into med school or something with another bachelor you just start med school from the very beginning of the academic career but anyways...
Nice video^^
Thank you! Yeah the tuition really sucks here in the U.S. lol
These videos definitely are helping with my indecisiveness
😆 the only thing I know is that if don’t know what I want to do.
Jesus Christ, a masters in Ireland is €6,500 and that’s in a very good University
In Ireland I got my master's for free! UK and US take note!!
Daithí Ó Scolaidhe from what country lol
But you won’t get American salaries
@@Isaactorres60 Yeah but we have free healthcare
€6500 per semester or for full duration u mean?
well im not a native speaker but your videos are great and your pronunciation is easy to understand and follow
im happy that a master or bachelor is not as expensive as it is in the us - you pay around 300-900 € per month
My school offers a double degree for Computer Engineering with Bachelor’s and Master’s of Science. It would only take 4 years to finish it because we are on a quarter term. Is it worth it? I’m only a freshman and having a hard time to decide.
Do the double degree
Really worth it
In England some universities have a new option of a "straight-through" masters in 4 rather than the BSc's 3 years: MPhys, MChem, MMath, etc. In a competitive job market will those degrees be worth more?
What did you end up doing?
@@LightPink I guess it was all false advertisement. Already signed up for it 2 years ago. Now, I’m about to graduate in less than a year. We haven’t heard anything from the school admin regarding the double degree.
I will always say that, getting a higher degree always pays off IF you take care to get it in the right field. Getting one in English for example, or Art...no. Computer Science with a focus in Software Engineering, not really...but one in Data Science or Cyber Security...you can easily make into the $200k range, and not in Silicon Valley ether. Not to mention, you can teach which is really nice when you go into your retirement years to have that extra income. You also need to take into account that many companies will pay or at least reimburse for more education, and many programs are part time and no longer cost $40k (some don't...good ones can still be more). Also, PHD programs are just extension of Master's programs, so they don't cost that much extra. But as I said...use caution, there are a lot of degree dead ends out there, more than ever now. And yes, there is an argument for certs, and that is a nice quick way to make more, but certs can be just as expensive as some Master's courses and they expire on a regular basis and can turn into a pain to maintain, and sometimes some certs can get devalued over time. Bootcamps for Security+ and CiSSP can easily be in $10k initially then $2,000 every year after that. Your degree never goes away, they can't take it from you (normally), it doesn't expire, but again...be careful what you get it in.
Also consider:
Subject-matter certifications: National Instruments, Oracle, Microsoft, etc.
Professional License: Professional Engineer, etc.
Single courses: on a work-related topic. Companies often pay for part, if not all tuition.
Company-sponsored Courses.
Here's a pretty good list of Professional Certifications:
corporateminority.com/list-professional-certifications-career/
you're awesome...thanx for this video
As a final year student in EE field am about to change my mind of taking master's after this.
When i came to college i was expecting me to have a master and a PHD right after bachelors, but am really changing my mind because here in middle east the education is SO expensive and there are no opportunities over here in case of academic or working in the real world
Getting a phD is risky if your main goal is money. If your goal is a job a bachelor is more than enough or maybe get an MBA or other professional masters like MPH. But phD would be for you if like to challenge yourself and you don't kind to be broke for another 6 years
Great video, man! This channel rocks.
very productive and good quality
Thank you for the video! What about a Bachelors in Physics but a Masters in Engineering?
You got it! And yeah that's is definitely a good combination I hear of people doing.
+MajorPrep, is it true that going from Physics to Engineering is a lot harder than going from Engineering to Physics? I am debating which route I should do, and I find Physics more interesting. Thanks!
I would think that physics to engineering is the better route because physics is a foundation for engineering just like math is a foundation for physics.
I have heard of the complete contrary.
+R Quan, where did u hear that? Im in canada
For those of you in computer science you need a combination of experience, certifications, and education (Bachelor's degree) to set you above your peers. If you just want to get your foot in the door go for certifications as it is the fastest route. If you want to move up and/or get paid more get a Bachelor's degree. You do not need a Master's degree unless you are a gluten for punishment like I am. You will make a little bit more money overall but you will have to decide whether or not it is worth it to you. The best thing you can invest in is yourself.
foulbred I'm gonna get a masters degree as where I live it may be competitive to get s job
I’m a math student and love to see the opportunities i have after my masters :))
Your videos are always enlightening. In my country, the best universities are the public ones, so hopefully money won't be an issue. That being said, I'd like some insight, if I may. I really want to work with Artificial Intelligence in the future, as well as autonomous (I hope that's how it's spelled) cars. I believe that the best way to achieve so is to get into Electrical Engineering, but I don't know which area should be my main focus for succeding on this dream of mine.
If there's any details or info you could give me, I would be most grateful to hear about. I love that your videos are an easy source for knowledge on carrers, and I know that your channel will be huge. Your content is one of the few things on RUclips that are really relevant and deserve as much recognition as possible. Thanks for your channel!
Thank you so much for the comment!
First let me ask you what aspect of autonomous cars do you want to work on? So many engineers work to design those cars. Do you want to do the programming, work with the sensors/gps/communications, design the frame of the vehicle (although I'm guessing this isn't what you had in mind), etc?
MajorPrep I believe the sensors, communications and such are my main interest. Any tips? Haha
Look for electives that cover those interests you have. Electives like artificial intelligence, maybe microcontroller classes cause you work with sensors, and maybe some electronics classes as well. At least for me I didn't have to 'declare' a concentration, I just took electives that interested me so you can spread. But most importantly is get an idea for what companies you might want to work for and start applying to internships at those or related one's. If you can get experience in the field or a related one it will help you a lot. Also seek out clubs at your school that work on artificial intelligence projects. Even if it's not exactly what you're expecting, getting some type of hands on experience will really help.
***** I will look into it. Thank you very much!
Good thing in Finland you can get a master's degree for free. Also it's a lot harder to get any job with just (university) bachelor's degree. Don't know anyone who doesn't go for master's.
Thx man so helpful I was thinking of doing like physics and electrical engineering and continue research
My field is electrical engineering (with focus on power and energy) and you should get a master´s if you want to work on smart grids, grid design and analysis, or integration of renewable energies to a grid. You need knowledge in topis like voltage stability, system stability, space-state modelling and analysis, and robust fundamentals in power electronics, topics not usually taught at an undergrad level.
DUDE, THANK YOU.
For those who are in high school we will become successful
Is Masters of Engineering Management important? would you recommend it and how is it different from MBA?
yes
Don't stem masters/phd get stipend to pay off those tuitions?
For PhD yes, for master's I think that depends on your university.
Yeah for many schools, they offer an assistant-ship for a masters program but it is A LOT more difficult to get than it is for a PhD student to receive the stipend for his education. Nonetheless I would definitely consider it anyways.
Im doing my masters in chemical engneering, got a bursary from my deparment. they paid via student acount and my university took it all. im hungry now thinking of droping out.
My MS program had a tuition waiver and a stipend on top of it (PhD gave higher rate after passing qualifier) It wasnt much, but gave rent money and allowed me to buy groceries
mostly your job pays for your masters or your research.
My opinion: get your advance degrees after you are working in a company
You don't need anything, not even bachelor's. If you are smart and hardworking, you will have good salary regardless.
Incredible man thank you
I'm an undergrad in mechanical engineering right now, and I'm interested in getting an MBA for the increased salary and help pay off my student loans. But is this a good idea? I want to pursue a career that's related to mechanical engineering, but I also want the financial boost of an MBA. So will I have to give up mechanical engineering for the salary increase?
Yeah if you get an MBA it's cause you want to get away from the engineering side of things and move towards business or management. But as an engineer you will be making a lot of money to pay off those loans. Really think about whether you actually want to go into something business related. An MBA does not mean you always get a salary increase no matter what job/field you go into.
An MBA degree is way more expensive
Don't get an MBA...
You can look for scholarships or studentships to get the degree for free, and if you're lucky a maintenance grant too! Wait...this comment is two years old, what did you end up doing my friend?
Masters in economics
Of course I have to have a PhD.
How else am I supposed to live with me and my ego?
Job, money, career, usefulness, ... all of that has to take a back seat here.
These are some pretty good tips. For some people, if you know you need an advanced degree for your entry level career specialization, it's probably better to go straight into your grad program after bachelors. I've noticed for some colleagues that go straight to working 3-5 years are content with a lower-paying career and find it difficult to transition back into higher education due to lifestyle sacrifices required to complete the program.
agreed 100%. try to march onwards if you have the academic talent. many simply can't do it anymore because of financial reasons (mostly involving starting to have children, that's pretty much the end for you). probably find yourself having to keep 2 jobs just to keep your head above the water by then, so there's no time or money to take a pause for further education.
THANK YOU!!!!
can you switch and choose a different subject for masters in engineering? For example can a aerospace grad go for masters in comp science or maybe mechatronics or something? Does anyone know?
You can but you have to make sure all your class courses you have taken are transferable to your new major. If not, you woukd have to to do course work to make it count on your new major.
For chemists the average masters makes around the same as the average bachelors in many areas in many areas of the US (they make less in my area). It’s possible that this bias is created by PHD dropouts leaving with masters degrees. So for chemists, it’s probably better to masters in chemical or materials engineering. If you have a specialty, it may be better to do a PHD. Even then, a chemical engineer makes more than a PHD level chemist.
I'd like to add that for physics you get a Ph.D. Not a masters.
People with physics masters either failed out of their Ph.D. Program and the masters was a consolation prize, or are trying to be high school teachers.
RMSVideos Exactly. When he mentioned that with masters in physics, you will be able to get jobs in academia, I was like wut? You definitely need at least a PhD to have any chance of doing research in physics. Sometimes, even just a PhD is not enough and you have to have post doc degrees. Pure science is a long tedious process when it comes to getting degrees because most of the people in the field are not here for jobs as their primary reason. Most of the people in the field are learners and would be the first ones to tell you that they are still learning even when they have a PhD.
Issac Sakata yeah you don't do physics because you like research you do research because you like physics.
The thing with phd students is that they would be there even if it weren't for the job, it's because they love it. Anyone who hates class will not get far in physics
In my country you will hardly get in to a Ph.D programme without a Masters degree of 1-2 years. Usually 2 years since that's the length of our master degree programmes in STEM fields.
Depend from where you are talking about. In Canada for example, it is rare that you can go from the bachelor to the PHD right after. The master is usually required for the PHD.
I laughed at this comment =)
Love your channel ♡
I got my bachelor's in materials science and engineering, started to train as a quality engineer and planning to get a CQE certification instead of doing a master's. 👍
i have seen many PhDs work at Mcdonalds and walmart.
😂 Not for engineering
With more and more companies offering tuition reimbursement, I would definitely encourage undergrad students to consider getting some experience and prioritizing getting hired by a company w/a reimbursement program. Many will pay up to $5,200 a year, without may stipulations on how long you must work for the company afterward.
I don't wanna show off but why am I watching this?I know I am still in school but I come from Albania so there's absolutely 0% I am not getting further education...(That goes for every child in the family)
Why?
America the freest country of them all. But to get higher education you have to live in dept for the rest of your life.
The latter is not true at all. You just have to be smart with your finances.
if you can't pay a low interest rate loan for $40,000 that's an issue with you, not the system
@Androva J. There are people who have paid their entire student debt back within one year of graduating. The interest rate is fairly low, and it will make you a lot more money in the long run
Can you do a video explaining coursework masters and research masters in engineering including job opportunity difference for both
Me: I want to go higher!
Mom's bank a/c: No.
If you're really interested take up a loan
Come to argentina, university is free here. Sure, our economy sucks, but that also means you’ll make do with about 6 dollars a year
@@gonzalograu8451 also for international students?
Work for a year or two so no loans
After a Bachelor's degree you should be expected to get a Masters or Phd on your own. Why ask your parents to pay for that?
Thanks for telling me to get a masters
When looking at jobs and schools, how important in a GPA? EX) I’m in school for Chem. Getting my associates in it, then bachelors, etc. I pass with C+ and B’s. Sometimes A’s. I worry about people not hiring me because of that.
as long as you have good attitude, people may hire you
Thoughts on pursuing a Masters in Computer Science if I did a BS in Mechanical Engineering? I did a Coding Bootcamp and work more closely in the IT field now.
I got my Masters and Bachelors in Biomedical Engineering. It definitely gave me a leg up against the competition and in a job I really enjoy. Starting salaries for people with a masters in BMED can range from $85 - $100K
I am considering an MBE. My university has a thesis track and an intern track. Which would you choose?
This depends of which Country you live.
I do not think that graduate school is made accessible in the United states for every student and I think it should be.
I did a bachelor's in computer science but I realized I'm also interested in mechanical engineering do u think that will be hard because it's somewhat diff getting a 2nd bach is expensive and a master's require certain prerequisites
You forgot to factor in the lost of two years of investment opportunity. In addition, after a graduate degree, you might not be in a financial situation where you can invest right after.
Come up with a plan which doesn't saddle you in debt!
Get in the loop with a relevant Professional Society, as well.
Networking and other resources may be more important the getting more letters after your name.
It will also give you a good sense of the State of the Profession.
I am having master in management currently and are planning to take phd in business right after my master. Reason?
- here, we were paid for studying. Although its small (in comparison with job salary) but its enough to get by my daily life.
- More time to work on my other project (which can make me a billionaire, u can laugh at me lol). If i work, it will be like 9-12 hours a day with only 2 days per week of off time. In university here, its just 3-4 hours daily with 3 days of off time per week. We also have a total of 4 months of holiday (which are also paid for montly). So yeah....
Makes me said that you're mostly for STEM majors - Liberal Arts students need info, too! Nonetheless, you're pretty informational and tanks :)
Khanaja Scott Productions the only advice liberal art majors need is to change majors to something actually useful lol
R.I.P.
lol, no.
Some people just value new experiences over money.
well the reason why he's mostly making content for STEM majors is because he's an engineering major and an engineer. he can't really speak on behalf of liberal arts students because he has never been in their shoes and therefore doesn't really know what the best decisions to make are in regards to liberal arts majors.
In my country, all job postings for even entry-level positions that will literally earn you a minimum wage require a Master's degree. What do people do? They jus BUY the damn degree. A degree here is a commodity like any other. For $2000, you would get a master degree in any field you want. It's f***ed up, really!
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What do you recommend are ways one can better prepare for the course load of Material Engineer? Any clubs or memberships to join/consider? Certain books? Thank you! Great video! Love your content.
I don't need a degree to work for myself.
For the arts and humanities I wouldn't recommend going onto postgraduate study in an arts or humanities degree as it adds nothing to your income potential. Only go onto to do a postgraduate degree if it is directly relevant to your career, like an archiving degree, or librarianship, or being an academic. Be very aware though that it is next to impossible to become an academic in the arts and humanities as to get an entry level post-doctoral position you need to demonstrate capacity to attract external funding, scholarships from the university do not count. Studentships for PhDs are very very few in number and incredibly competitive. There were only 13 studentships across four universities in the Midlands with the AHRC last year, that was 400 students competing for 13 studentships. There are even fewer Post-doctoral fellowships available for the arts and humanities, and even fewer advertised positions. Most postgraduates do not go into academia following their degree. They then need to catch up with other graduates who have already entered the job market. A PhD is a significant investment in time and effort which does not increase your employability, make the decision whether this time should be spent investing in a career. If you do an arts and humanities degree make sure to get significant work experience alongside study.
Have you heard some Bachelor in Mechanical Engineering that goes to a Master in Science in Physics, and later a PhD in Physics? Thanks for the video
one of the best video on such a rarely discussed topic. thankyou very much. one request: please make a video considering the software engineering as a profession. its very different than other forms of engineering since a person with bachelor's can also simply stop studying further and still reach major heights after few years of experience. so is it worth for software engineers?
Hi, MajorPrep! It is really insightful! But I have some personal doubts. What about having an ambition to endeavour into research after I graduated from Chemical Engineering undergraduate with a 2:2 qualification? To be honest, from my study experience in Chemical engineering Bach deg, I realized my irony of not liking at all some core components of the curriculum even also when being practically employed, especially unit operation of processing equipment, chemical process control, process and plant design, as well as process safety and management. Generally, I have been really disinterested only when dealing with topics of heavy relevance to both mechanical and electrical engineering. This had been actually leading to my thought before that I had picked the wrong major as how essentially 'Chemical Engineering' deals with 'Engineering', though in a conclusion I still find myself having solid aptitude towards some subjects and the electives I chose, such as Industrial Biotechnology. In terms of application of research area, I find that I am more drawn to biomedical and pharmaceutical sides as introduced in another video of yours as regards Nanotechnology.
I wish I could finalize an informed decision on which area of research to choose before really getting into a Masters by Research Programme in the university. I am quite eager and meanwhile desperate to sort my way out by needing to know as thoroughly as possible about what specific areas of research and applicability in some specific industries are, where I could extend my knowledge that I prefer or like more.
how did it all turn out?@@angyeehoongbrian7074
U don't need paper degrees u need is proper knowledge